Maitake Cultivation- My journey learning to grow Maitake

[@robertbonnette3686]

Hey, man, I'm barely out of rookie status with mushroom growing. I want you to know how much I appreciate the fact that you ignored your colleagues and chose to share your knowledge and experience with the rest of us shroomheads. I have no doubt that your kindness and generous advice will be repaid in spades, the good lord always makes sure of that.

[@andreaodessa9181]

Im in Japan at the moment and tried maitake for the first time. It's way more delicious than I ever anticipated. I'd love to grow my own when Im back home and this is the best guide to start from scratch. I still cant believe how something so delicious can grow from so little space and organic matter. Mushrooms are such a blessing.

[@Sam-hl1oh]

Thank you so much for sharing this information! You and others have inspired a whole generation of new farmers.

[@Goofykatze]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I love the mushroom farming community. ❤

[@bcfortenberry]

Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned. Much appreciated!

[@ianthebastard8128]

We recently had one customer ask if we can do Maitake, so we asked some of our chefs if they would be interested, we had a really good response with most of them wanting this mushroom. I remembered watching this video some time a ago, and to be honest at the time I thought we should avoid them, however, watching it again and now with more experience!!! TR you've given us a good starting point and I'm confident we can do this, I'll get back to you in a few months and let you know how we get on... ATB, Ian

[@shannonwilliams7743]

Thank you, kind Sir, for your generosity. They universe is responding. I hear the call of the hen of the woods. Looks like I'm going to need a second tent.

[@nickdunn7362]

Thanks for the info kind sir. If we share ideas with each other, we all prosper! Fear not to divulge, it makes your community smarter and appreciate the work you do. Much love

[@Mossycreekmushroomsofficial]

I just watched your latest video, enjoyed it, the website is gorgeous! For some reason your comments were turned off so I figured I would leave it here for you. Loved the hoodie, still have mine as well, and your website is looking great! Thank you for sharing your experience with Maitake here with us, glad to see it's treating you so well!

[@jessecampbell5944]

at 13:54.... jeeze TR. Words can't describe.

[@aaroncolvin2202]

Man thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of the hen of the woods. I love how you said that they have a 6th Sense . This was a great help. Again thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge. You have a beautiful grow. May your flushes be healthy and abundant. 🍄 Mush love 🍄

[@SetasMushrooms]

Always a pleasure to see you Devildog and it's fantastic to see your success. Bravo

[@nackedgrils9302]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I'm beginning to grow a few gourmet mushrooms for my own sake (and maybe a few friends if I'm successful enough) but I'm limited to growing inside my apartment since I don't have access to a backyard. Didn't realize this info on Maitake was so hard to come by!

[@jeanetteapsey8685]

OMG I have forever been wanting to grow my own mushrooms. I already grow so much of our food. I am so nervous about trying. Even looked at getting the logs you can buy in seed magazines. This has been so intriguing for me. And you specialize in one of the kinds I wanna try. So far you have helped me so much and I am only into 2 videos. I skipped the tour. And went straight to growing information. One thing I would love to see is like a bonus video like a time lapse from day 1 to harvest. With you doing a voice over for major changes.

[@whatthefungus]

Crushing it brother! Beautiful

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

Thanks my friend!

[@agnesm.w.5937]

Thank you so much! Be blessed for sharing your knowledge.

[@yearofthegarden]

I don't have plans of growing maitake, but what you did remind me of is how much I enjoy the sheer amount of information to discover and details to dialing in and growing better. I've shut my production down for the winter to dismantle and revamp, and it seems the chefs are ramping up with real expectations, but I spent the winter designing and assembling a cashless farm stand/cart, so I can restock, and wheel my card out to the side of the road. Your work ethic is admirable and helped get more exited to put in the hours, thanks TR

[@philmusson1265]

This video was awesome, thank you! Would be great to see what lessons you've learnt in the year since, as I understand you're now growing only Maitake? Love to know if you figured out how to get a single, central "pin set".

[@Luke-ww9vh]

I’m thinking a center post or an oak stick/block buried in the middle

[@andrerodon3921]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I'm not a professional grower, I'm just starting with mushrooms that I'm growing for my family because of their health benefits. I don't have any kind of professional fruiting chamber or grow setup, but I've heard these mushrooms are delicious so I'm going to give them a try... I'll keep my expectations low about getting them to fruit. I really appreciate this good specific information, but I have pretty strong reservations about the level of success I'll achieve.

[@legacymushrooms843]

They look great! Thanks for all of the detailed info as usual.

[@Johnny-ur2st]

Thank you man for not being greedy and SHARING. That's why they picked you.

[@staceyrichards4212]

Look awesome mate. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@flyonwall4249]

Fantastic Video! Can't thank you enough for showing what you do---incredibly helpful. All the Best to you TR

[@johnwinger7504]

I am very interested since I got a free syringe of LC. It is awesome that they are warm tolerant. It's going into my rotation. So you add sawdust to your grain spawn jars? I think that's a great idea to acclimate the mycelium to wood. I have a modified popcorn tek I am trying out this week. It's about 2/3 popcorn, 1/3 brown rice, with coffee grounds. Popcorn makes very vigorous spawn, and the large kernels are a huge bank of energy that just leaps onto the sub. The brown rice provides hundreds of smaller inoculation points, and the coffee does even more. as well as being a source of nitrogen.

[@oliviabeaven5055]

Hi, love your videos - I've watched quite a few now and its really helping my mushroom business in the UK and I am selling them! I'm just starting to look into Maitake, what temperature do you initiate pinning?

[@neogeo8267]

Glad to see you posting again!

[@erimyhre]

Absolutely great!!. Just like the mycelium of the forest. Connecting the ecosystem. Sharing the nutrition for the sustainability of the decentralised community of small mushroom farmers, information! Deep blessings from a small mushroom farm in Norway! Andreas, Myhres Matsopp

[@navidfarkhondehpay1142]

I hope you know how much videos like this mean to people like me, who just want to grow mushrooms at home. There are so many species out there that are difficult to grow, and when someone finds a good way to cultivate them, they sometimes hide it so they can have some kind of exclusivity or to make more money for themselves. While I completely understand that drive, videos like this help me learn how to continue exploring the hobby I love, so thank you so much for sharing :)

[@RenegadeMushrooms]

Thank you for sharing, beautiful job 👍

[@marcmercier3481]

Have you tried to reduce the diameter of your blocks by 1/2? Might encourage a centralization growth into one larger head. Just thinking out loud. The ones I gather in nature usually start wedged against a tree, or root, therefore have a small surface area to grow out of.

[@BuddyBellTree]

I am running them now and they are very slow transferring from agar to wheat grain. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I will definitely try adding some sawdust. I owe you one! Good karma coming your way.

[@salmanelamiramir5711]

Thank you so very much for sharing this video! We need more of your inputs which, until now, helped a lot. I have learned from you so many things about mushroom growing. I implemented your technique about King oyster and it is doing great job. Keep doing these videos and God bless you bro!

[@TheRealUyi]

Thank you so much for this. You're the man!

[@urwhatueat2170]

Thank you so much for sharing. They look delicious. As a hobby grower, I tried to get Maitake to fruit and succeeded once in about 25 tries. You have inspired me to try again. Another grower suggested my colonization temperature variation was a problem. He suggested that 60°F was fine, and 65°F was fine… but if you bounce too much between 60 and 65, hens do not like temperature variation. Have you seen temperature consistency to be a critical parameter?

[@tomclarke4978]

I’ve heard most mushrooms like stable temps but I’ve also heard some grow better with temp fluctuations so who knows, like growing anything there’s allot of conflicting information out there

[@chuckisnutz]

Awesome. I'm so excited to start growing this once I have more control over parameters

[@pauloantunes8826]

I Wana smash the love button! Miss you man!

[@Pat_zuniga]

Your information is very good and so detailed, thank you very much for sharing such valuable information, you are an angel, you have one more follower ☺☺

[@Supermushroombros]

Awesome! Loving the info….got a bunch of spawn going rn. Going to try this method!

[@cindywu4816]

just want to say THANK YOU

[@cuhweenuh]

Glad to see you back! 😁

[@theedonbejta]

hey very helpfull ! i bin trying to fruit them for 2 months now without succes. verry verry thankfull !!!

[@asamusicdude]

Thank you for this! Maitake is my next challenge. Keep getting contam brahs on maitake and lions mane.

[@petermatusak3429]

Is there the same temperature 68 till opening bag for final fruting? No need a light for initiation of fruiting ? Great results👍

[@deathbyraybies]

Good job although you have far more mycelia in that substrate than needed for the amount of fruiting I would suggest once you have good mycelia growth splitting your bags in a sterile environment maybe into fourths allowing for more yield off the same amount of substrate

[@paul.phillips]

Wow, thanks for sharing. I've tried fruiting Maitake 3 times and failed every time. I guess I need to watch for "fingers", in hindsight I think I put them into fruiting too soon.

[@hosthoof1716]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Helps. I have seen where the bag colonized for like 4 mos before cutting bag. It got myc piss lol and looked kinda bad. Like shitake and reishi bags look. Let bags get darker maybe?

[@dwayneusmc1501]

Thanks for the knowledge brother, I've had very good results with oysters, and lions mane, I stopped growing for a few years , but ordered some Lc's the other day and added the Hen, Semper FI

[@enchantedmushroomsfarm]

Thanks for your time!! Definitely looks tricky.

[@tomclarke4978]

Thank you for this, I’m trying to grow mushrooms in the UK!

[@tomclarke4978]

@Alfred Miller not interested in shrooms, only gourmet

[@R-Rpt]

Thank you MASTER! They're not making any pins, I'm going crazy. The pure white compost is starting to turn yellow. Really, no genre has ever challenged me this much, I fell into obscurity.

[@danielsartain8975]

Devil dog killin the mushroom game

[@touchmygoat4908]

Hey mate, when you say 57.5% moisture, is that the total moisture content or the amount of moisture added to the recipe?

[@FalcoSingh]

Thanks so much. Learnt a lot.

[@johnnyjtube4590]

Best info out there, thank you. Can you get multiple flushes from maitake?

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

I only do 1 flush

[@GM-rs2fv]

Thanks for sharing TR!

[@BoroBootBoy]

Ooooh they look good! Might have a crack at those after i master the others! The 'fingers' look like Broccoli.

[@derickgreenly3504]

Thanks a pile. Did you find that 50% hulls were unsatisfactory? Excited to tackle these. We have some coming in our spawn order from Maine this week. Keep doin' the good work, buckaroo.

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

They just didn't grow well for me at 50%

[@user-uj8je9xf3w]

hi from Caucas . tnx for video

[@fungicultura.no.youtube]

Very nice vídeo, thank you so much for sharing this informations

[@nathanbrenner1656]

Thank you so much! This was very helpful

[@TurningRight1776]

Thank you for sharing your experience TR. #LGBlues!

[@treykingery1233]

Have you thought about rubberbanding the tops of the bags to prevent any microclimate and side pinning perhaps?

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

I have. I'm trying that now.

[@quru83]

​@@earthangelmushrooms2118please elaborate on this if possible sir 🙏

[@kurtbendlin6978]

Is it soybean hulls or wheat you use as a substrate?

[@samienephommysouk7968]

Thank you for sharing this, it help me alots

[@ronceacosmin]

maybe they like the water that flushes from the edge of the bags, I would try to spray it in side while it is trying to pin.

[@flakey1228]

Nice video! Sharing knowledge is very important. I never understood why people dont want to share their knowledge? What are they afraid of? That someone might become better than them because of their help? Sad mentality. Why not use a casing layer? Might prevent the side fruiting.

[@Superzena2016]

The new camera is cool😉

[@highlandmary33]

Are you still using the oxo-bio bags? All the info I keep finding says they only work up to 40C/104F. So, how are they being used for sterilized blocks?? The old Tree Hugger in me wants desperately to get away from the PP bags, but not seeing how the oxo-bio will work with a sterilizer.

[@kyseong]

Thank you for sharing the precious information. I have one question. You are using sawdust and soy hull to make block. What kind of sawdust are you using? Should it be the oak sawdust? Will hard wood sawdust fuel pellets work?

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

I use oak sawdust. In my experience, maitake prefer fresh sawdust over pellets

[@actionkey8042]

Earth Angel Mushrooms THANK YOU

[@katah.jancso5345]

How many flushes a bag like this can do? And do you let them rest between the flushes?

[@jimandersch5364]

Can you get more than one flush ?

[@soldieborsa]

Do you grow them in any period of the year or only in a specific period?

[@neotroncs]

How many growths do you get out of one bag?

[@austinmogab6181]

I did hoodie tek on my lions mane thinking of trying the rubber band on my next set did hooodie tek because fruits started early in my bags

[@Quiablo]

Amazing video, as always, thanks for sharing all the information. In regards to why they dont like to grow with others species in the same room, wouldnt it be because the spores from other species mess with their pins? I dont know if you have ever grown pink oyster, but my experience here is that pink oysters spores will destroy the yields of other species if they are unloading spores when the other species are pinning. Maybe they are super sensitive to any kind of spores.

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

I suspect it's related to spores.

[@FreshfromtheFarmFungi]

any idea why they wouldnt turn gray at the top? Mine form the blobs and fingers and look similar, just colorless - they are incubating in the dark not sure if that matters

[@earthangelmushrooms2118]

They need light

[@MorganneGoodman]

At what carbon dioxide concentration range do you keep the room at? I've seen conflicting info about cultivating Maitake in this regard. Thanks for the video

[@ThirdOfNine]

Below 1000, he mentions it at the end of the video

[@lindalbonomo]

Oh man idk why but Ive always been under the impression that you spawn at a 1% spawn ratio. Thats why we started doing it. I have been getting away with 30 10lb bags for every 3-4lbs of spawn

[@freethinkerzgourmet]

What temps do you keep your room at?

[@fromdusktilspawn]

I've always loved your work. Mainly using guns to get rid of contamination.

[@zorg621]

Hey! Is your website still active? Was hoping to order some blocks but can't find your website. Your Facebook web link leads to a dead domain

[@zorg621]

Do you still sell grow kits? Your website domain doesn't work

[@highlandmary33]

“Spider Eyes” is much older than that. A term long known to tempeh makers who use Rhizopus.

[@readylucas]

I love these mushrooms on steak or a pizza

[@rockyrivermushrooms529]

When I tried em they just sat in the bag and did nothing lol.

[@monssidus1291]

Bro please flip the image horizontally next time. Im so tripped out by everything being flipped.

[@chuckisnutz]

First